Vehicle control apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuyuki Mikami
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Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus includes an engine configured to drive a vehicle; a starter configured to start the engine; a headlamp configured to radiate light in front of the vehicle; a battery configured to supply driving electric power to the starter and the headlamp; a brightness detection unit configured to detect a physical quantity corresponding to brightness around the vehicle; and a control unit configured to have the engine stop automatically when a predetermined stopping condition is satisfied, and to have the engine start automatically when a predetermined starting condition is satisfied. The control unit inhibits the engine from stopping automatically when the headlamp is lighted, and the physical quantity detected by the brightness detection unit is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold.
Claims7
A vehicle control apparatus, comprising:
- an engine configured to drive a vehicle;
- a starter configured to start the engine;
- a headlamp configured to radiate light in front of the vehicle;
- a battery configured to supply driving electric power to the starter and the headlamp;
- a brightness detection unit configured to detect a physical quantity corresponding to brightness around the vehicle;
- and
- a control unit configured to have the engine stop automatically when a predetermined stopping condition is satisfied, and to have the engine start automatically when a predetermined starting condition is satisfied,
- wherein the control unit inhibits the engine from stopping automatically when the headlamp is lighted, and the physical quantity detected by the brightness detection unit is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold.
A vehicle control apparatus, comprising:
- an engine configured to drive a vehicle;
- a starter configured to start the engine;
- a headlamp configured to radiate light in front of the vehicle;
- a battery configured to supply driving electric power to the starter and the headlamp;
- and
- a control unit configured to have the engine stop automatically when a predetermined stopping condition is satisfied, and to have the engine start automatically when a predetermined starting condition is satisfied,
- wherein the vehicle includes an automatic lighting function to have the headlamp light automatically when brightness around the vehicle is reduced to a predetermined value or lower,
- wherein the control unit inhibits the engine from stopping automatically if the headlamp is lighted in a circumstance where the automatic lighting function has the headlamp light automatically, or permits the engine to stop automatically if the headlamp is lighted in a circumstance where the automatic lighting function does not have the headlamp light automatically.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.